has been sold, we have a live reportfromnewyorkandstay tuned we will have all the details. >> reporter: we're live in san francisco where an an arson investigator is on scene trying to determine the -- where an arson investigators -- is on the scene trying to figure out what sent a firefighter to the hospital. >>> the new york stock exchange has been sold. what it means for investors and the u.s. economy. >> reporter: a grandmother gunned down near her house. >>> a very cold start to the day. coming up, the neighborhoods that are currently in the upper 20s and when rain returns to the forecast. "mornings on 2" starts right now. >>> well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. >>> it's thursday, december 20th. we begin with breaking news out of san francisco where a firefighter has been taken to the hospital after a fire. lorraine blanco is live on broad street with the information on the firefighter's condition and how muni service is being affected. >> reporter: good morning, tori. i can first tell you that an

or something. >> reporter: across the country, insyracuse,newyork, plowsare working overtime dealing with two consecutive days of snow this weekend. leaving this car stuck with no place to go. >> the weather was bad. the winds were blowing the cars around. you could see the semis were swerving. >> reporter: it's the city's first snowstorm of the season. many are bracing for more to come. john schriffen, abc news, new york. >> with us tonight amy free our meteorologist from our affiliate here in new york. you have three things you're looking at. >> the first storm is in the northeast, it looks wet and white and will give some folks a white christmas. as it moves through washington, late tomorrow evening it will produce a tlint of snow. mainly the snow stay in central pennsylvania. and central new york, one to three inches possible there. along the i-95 corridor, mainly a little dusting. >> then severe weather in the south? >> yes, this is down in the gulf. the warm side could produce thunderstorms and isolated tornadoes. the cold side of that storm, before it leaves oklahoma city, cou

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like pennsylvaniaandnewyork. someminor disruptions during the day today. the bigger story is what happens during the day tomorrow. we think we're going to see a widespread severe weather outbreak probably in eastern texas, louisiana, mississippi alabama, and georgia. we may see numerous tornadoes, some of them could be on the strong side. so we urge you to stay vigilant if you're in the southeast. what we also have going on on the northern side of this system is a lot of heavy snow. it's good news and bad news. the good news is a white christmas in places like oklahoma city, little rock and maybe southern parts of st. louis. the bad news is this storm moves into the ohio valley, great lakes, and interior northeast on wednesday. some places seeing over a foot of snow, and that's going to cause major travel problems as we head on into wednesday, especially, and probably thursday morning as well. jeff? >> jeff, thank you very much. >>> ten days after the connecticut school shooting, the debate over gun control continues after the national rifle association took q

parties you are not alone"newyorktimes"reports there is a worldwide helium shortage, the reason a drop in natural gas prices making helium less profitable. new plants under construction in wyoming and overseas are facing delays and maintenance trouble. some party supply stores are turning away customers wanting balloons. others are rationing >> new video provided from airplane manufacturer boeing shows 20,000 potatoes filling seats on a test aircraft, boeing says too)>ly simulate how humans respond to electronic signals from wifi to sport phones. engineers say it avoids filling plane with hundreds of people for long periods of time after the test, boeing donated the potatoes to a food bank. >> sounds like a half baked idea to me. norad saying good-bye to google and hello to microsoft, the santa tracker team will use microsoft's bing mapping service to help track santa's journey around the world for the past five years norad had been using google earth. the partnership broke up when google launched its own competing santa tracking service. >> the tracking starts in four days or three da

to fees that call providers are allowed to charge prisoners in some states. hereinnewyork, wherefees are banned, rates can go as low as 5¢ a minute. but in places like colorado, inmates did charge almost 90¢ a minute. the sec is planning to open the public comment about reducing rates nationwide. >> the u.s. population is said to hit 350 million by the new year's day. it has an increase of less than 1 percent since april 2010, which was the last time the population snapshot was taken. the growth rate is lower than projected. laura bird and immigration rates are believed to be the reason. the u.s. population is expected to be nearly 400 million by 2015. that's nearly 40 million fewer people than initially projected. we will be right back. óó >> let's take a quick look outside. here is a shot from san francisco from van ness ave. let's check in with janu for your first forecast. >> the system that was bringing us more stirred yesterday has been pushed out of the area. we are still dealing with lingering sprinkler and through the south bay as well as parts of the peninsula. taking a

innewyorkstate.high winds are going to delay flightsfromnewyorkandnewark and washington d.c. >> president obama is scheduled to attend the final memorial service for the late hawaii senator daniel inouye. he died from respiratory complications. he was the second longest serving senator are in history. >>> harry reid is asking for an announce mint on who his successor will be before the end of the year. >>> governor mark sanford may run for his former seat in congress. he was considered a rising gop star until he van niched from south carolina for five days back in 2009. he said he was hiking the appalachian trail. he later acknowledged he was visiting his miss stress in argentina. he served three terms before being elected to governor. his ex-wife is also interested in running for the seat >>> a fight between two black jack dealers hands one in the hospital and one behind bars. police say the fight happened between two female dealers and one woman stabbed the other in the face. police aren't sure what sparked the fight. it comes one week after a deadly shooting in the lobb

anewyorkcityfirefighter like his uncle and cousin. >> our son had so much love to give to this world. and he was supposed to have a lifetime of bringing that light to the world. >>oqzñ after one somber funeral, mourners packed pews to remember a 6-year-old caroline. her parents say she was quote a blessing from god, brought joy to everyone she touched. throughout the area, four more farewells for charlotte bacon, chase, principal, and a 27-year-old victoria soto. the nation remembers soto as the teacher who lost her life trying to save her young students. her family remembering her for so much more. >> just her face. and the smile. happiness she had. >> when students returned to classes in a school, they will be greeted by donna page, returning to the position. in newtown, connecticut abc 7 news. >> and stay with abc 7 for coverage of the shooting tragedy in newtown, abc 7 news reporter laura anthony will bring us an update at 5:00. you can sign up for breaking news alerts. >> with the nation attention on guns in the wake of newtown one neighborhood is suffering gun violence on a da

town about 60 miles northeastofnewyorkcity.the death toll at the sandy hook elementary school stands at 26, including 20 children, some of them kindergarteners. and the principal of the school was killed as well. the gunman, 20-year-old adam lanza, armed with two handguns, opened fire in the kindergarten classroom where his mother was a teacher. her body was found later at her home. after the shootings, the police say adam lanza took his own life at the school. jim axelrod tells us how it all unfolded. jim? >> reporter: well, scott, it was just before -- just after 9:00 this morning at the sandy hook elementary school, which is right down the road here, a kindergarten through fourth grade school, so early this kids were still delivering their attendance list from their classrooms to the main office. as we say, a little after 9:00, the gunman apparently walked into the school and started shooting. police got 911 calls and kids could hear screaming coming over the intercom. the school was quickly placed on lockdown. teachers locking doors, pulling shades, keeping kids away from

and rambunctious. jack pinto lovedthenewyorkgiants.he was buried in the jersey his favorite player, victor cruz. >> there were little stories about jack being in heaven tossing footballs with the angels and knocking halos off their head and everyone got a chuckle out of that. >> reporter: honan funeral home in newtown will hold 11 funerals between now and christmas. marly hall for cbs news, newtown, connecticut. >>> some california lawmakers say it's time for new state laws in hope of preventing tragedies like the one in connecticut. among them is leland yee a local, state senator. he wants to reintroduce a bullet button ban which failed last year. bullet buttons allow gun users to get around the state ban on detachable magazines. >> it is as if we do not have an assault weapons ban in the state of california. with the bullet button assault rifle, what you can do is buy a magnet and you can easily load and unload these magazines. >> a local gun advocate says bans on certain weapons or parts are not good ways to prevent violence. gene hoffman the chairman of cal gun does support more backgr

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and neighbors attended a pair of funerals today. one was more jack pinto, a fan ofthenewyorkgiantsfootball team. and the other, noah pozner, a boy interested in mechanical things. one of noah's rabbis read a family statement outside. >> noah, his classmates, and the heroic teachers who gave their lives trying to protect them are with god in heaven. now it's our responsibility to bring heaven down to earth. act by act, good deed by good deed, until we reach the day when no family will need to endure grief and sorrow. >> sandy hook elementary is closed as police continue their investigation. but classes will resume tomorrow in some other schools nearby. >>> around the country people are lighting candles tonight for the victims of the newtown school shooting. cbs 5 reporter was at one such vigil in gilroy. >> reporter: here in gilroy, 3,000 miles from newtown, connecticut, there's still one thing that they can do. >> bow your head and say often in prayer. father, i ask that you be with us tonight, lord. >> reporter: about 70 people attended a candlelight vigil at the south valley community ch

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destroyed inupstatenewyorkafterwhat we showed you yesterday live on our air here where the firefighters went to respond to a house fire and someone started shooting at them. let me go back and i'll tell you who the name of the shooter is now we know that this morning. william spengler is the one who police say set his own home on fire and then fired shots at the firefighters when they showed up. sean carroll tells us it's not spengler's first run-in with police. >> the first police officer managed to exchange fire with spengler who laid in wait. >> he was shooting at a berm near the home where he can barricaded himself with his weapons to shoot the innocent responders. and i will say the first webster police officers to respond engaged the shooter in probably in all likelihood, saved many lives. >> reporter: spengler's criminal past dates back to july, 1980, the death of his grandmother. >> spengler lived alone at this house for over 40 years. she was found dead at the floor of the dwelling by her grandson, william spengler, who lives next door. spengler discovered the body at 12:45 p.m

. later thismorning,newyorkmayormichael bloomberg will make a gun violence announcement. >>> of course people attending religious service have been trying to make sense of the events in connecticut even as they pray for the victims. parishioners gathered at st. mary's cathedral yesterday in san francisco. some people are feeling anger and other emotions that lead them to question their faith. >> our faith is shaken occasionally but that's why it's so important to have a strong faith and to remain consistent in our faith in good times so that when difficult times such as these come about, we can fall back and rely on that faith. >> and church leaders at st. mary's say of course there are no easy answers. they say above all, it's important to talk about it. and for continuing coverage of the story visit our website, cbssf.com. >>> we want to update you now on a developing story we first brought you early this morning. investigators still on the scene of a home invasion robbery. you are look at san francisco's sunset neighborhood. police say a family was tied one duct tape

thenewyorkgiants.he was buried in the jersey his favorite football player, giants wide receiver victor cruz. >> there were little stories about jack being in heaven tossing footballs with -- at the angels and knocking their halos off their head and everyone got a chuckle out of that. >> reporter: honan funeral home in newtown will hold 11 funerals between now and christmas. meantime, newtown school officials have set up grief counselors to speak with students who are still dealing with this tragedy. brian. >> you, know marlie, is the sense back there that parents are going to send their kids back to school in the next couple of days, or -- or are they going to be sending them back maybe they are going to take a break and wait until after the christmas holidays? >> reporter: brian, some parents have expressed that they are hesitant to send their children back to school. one for security reasons. but mainly because they feel they are not emotionally ready. but other parents say it's important for the kids to go back to school today just to restore a sense of normalcy and get back to thei

and is hoping for an early present here today.fromnewyorkcity,please welcome kristina white-chagani. hey, kristina. >> thank you. [cheers and applause] >> yeah, i understand, you don't celebrate christmas just on christmas. that's not enough. >> no, no, why would you waste christmas on just christmas when you could celebrate it all year-round? >> so do you keep a tree all year-round, an artificial tree?

in connecticutandnewyork.funerals ormemorials for six more victims. people in newtown are mourning and hurting.but support from across the u-s is helping them get through it. it's the same heart- wrenching scene over and over in newtown. groups of mourners.paying respects.and laying to rest the victims of last friday's shooting. 26 christmas trees line this street. 27 guardian angels representing the lives lost.including the shooter's mother. young women collect donations and hand out christmas ornaments. coffee and food at this local shop are free - thanks to anonymous donations from all over the country. >> it is really in a nice thing people come and and really need it is heartwarming. it >>reporter: the emotional wounds are still fresh. today >> i think that for some it is too soon to forget the need to go to the process, the grieving. before there is even room for forgiveness. >>reporter: today, invesgtigators finished processing suspect adam lanza's home. that's where the rampage began.with lanza killing his mother in her sleep. nancy lanza was also laid to rest today in a h

be delays. around the country, though, we are drying out. cold in denver. 50 degrees there. 39innewyorkcity.our forecast here for the next several days across the bay area, wet today, drying out for christmas eve. tuesday afternoon, christmas day looks wet. sticking around through wednesday before we dry out thursday to the weekend. that is a check of the weather forecast. back to you. >>> some of hollywood's biggest celebrity recognition making public service announcements against gun violence. >> more than 50 actors are taking part, a little more than a week after the mass shooting at the sandy hook elementary school in connecticut. >> as a human being -- . >> for the children of sandy hook -- . >> demand a plan -- . >> no more list of names -- . >> it is not too soon -- . >> it is not too late. >> everyone loves someone likes those on the list -- . >> in newtown, the site of the massacre shooting there is a proposal to put an armed officer on the site of every school, as well. >> why are we allowing the sale of weapons in this country. >> i told her when she is a police off

degrees in houston. 40 in denver. you have snow and then some rain into chicago. raininnewyorkand47 degrees. here's the latest on our futurecast as you will see the system sliding through the bay area moving very, very slowly. then the rainfall especially overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. then the next couple of days. right through the weekend. finally dry on discrimination. >>> the insurance institute for highway safety gave the 2012 prius and camry poor ratings. but toyota is on track to overtake gm as the world's largest automaker. the camry is this year's number one selling family sedan. >>> part of an exchange program empowers the middle school children and the group they are helping making it a truex change. that's what makes saint mark's this week's "cool school." >> i tried this one. this one is good. >> reporter: natalie and kayla don't intend the same school but they are still good friends. >> we like the same bands and the same books and we are similar. >> reporter: they met in an exchange program, a resource center serving marin's immigrant population. they he

the pageant in over 20 dwlaerz. she describes herself as a nerd and has even performedatnewyork's carnegiehall. >> the new miss universe might want to avoid partying like a rock star. a new study shows musicians have a higher risk of premature death compared with the rest of the population. researchers at britain's center for public health looked at nearly 1,500 pop rock hip-hop and punk rock performers. they had a 9% death rate over a five-decade period much higher than average. nearly 39% of those deaths were caused by factors related to violence or alcohol or drugs. >> they did not see the concert of 12/12/12 because everybody on that stage, the average age was at least 60-plus, and they showed no signs of slowing down. >>> a few billion of us won't be around this weekend if you believe that friday is dooms day. however however, it turns out there is a loophole in that scenario and holly williams found it for us. >> reporter: many of us have heard of prophecies based on the mayan calendar that the world will end this friday the 21st of december 2012. bu

at sandy hook reignited the raging debate over gun control.>>newyorkcitymayor michael bloomberg stepped up the new laws. >> i'm an american what he's your question? ? president obama made a new fiscal cliff offer, tax rates will go up on incoming above $400,000. >> the pacific northwest slammed by blinding mountain snow drenching rain and some damaging winds, knocked out power to thousands. >>> kicked around on the ground! that's the way this game should end, that's the way the jets' season should end. ugly and a loss. >>> jim boeheim a winner of 900 basketball games. >> and all that matters. >> we'll all miss him. that's a gross understatement. he's certainly one of the giants of the senate. >> richard engel and his crew are safe after they were kidnapped and held inside syria for five days. >> i hope we can laugh tonight after a horrible weekend. i just want the people in connecticut to know that we do not take what you're going through lightly and we are thinking about you here a lot, all of us. >>> welcome to "cbs this "cbs this morning." students are goi

'm six years old from ps1-15queensnewyork. ifeel very sad about everything. i don't understand why somebody would do this to little kids like us. i'll miss you all love tristen. >> there is a boy named jack on the victim's list we don't know him personally but he could have been our son. >> reporter: this was a big vigil last night in virginia ford which is about 40 minutes from sandy hook. hundreds gathered to remember the victims especially -- once she realized there was a gunman at her school she hid her students in closets and cabinets. when he arrived she told him the kids were in the gym he shot her and left all those kids were saved. coming up in the next hour we will talk to a pennsylvania commissioner county commissioner from pennsylvania who drove here last night to bring his messages of support from his community to sandy hook. live in sandy hook, connecticut i'm john sasaki. >> sandy hook teacher katelyn is being created with helping save the lives of her 14 students. her mother is speaking out about what he did to keep them safe. >> she told all the kids to get in the

firefighters are shot as they rushed to the scene of a fire inwebsternewyork. twofirefighters never coming back. >> there was a car in a house that was engulfed in flames, probably set by mr. springler who laid in wait with -- spen who wayed in -- spengler who laid in wait. he destroyed other homes and then hid, setting a trap for those who arrived on the scene. >> never in my -- never, any time in my career have i seep anything like this. >> reporter: two firefighters were killed. two others were hit and remain in the hospital. those mountain community wanted to pay their respects at webster fire hall. >> i don't know how you couldn't come out tonight. these guys are heroes. at alarm sounds -- when that alarm sounds, it could be you or me. >> this is the time of celebration, time to be with your family. and now there's people that are -- don't have a home. and, you know, there's family members that are missing and there's family members that are hospitalized. how can that be christmas. >> reporter: steve ra a port, fox news. >>> 7:41. he was one half of tv's -- odd couple. >>> and a trib

.>>newyorkgiantsfootball fan. on figuring out how things work mechanically with the 20 children and six adult were killed in side of sandy hook elementary. truckloads of school supplies were removed from that elementary school to one and the middle school 7 mi. away. that is our class's are expected to resume for sandy hook elementary school students. also, at the arts, crafts, games anything to distract these young minds from the tragic reality that they are facing. the police are signs that this could take a very long time. with adam lanza's computer was seized by authorities. however, is believed to be inoperable. class. grant lodes has the latest. the first funerals were held giants fan. and noah ponzer out how things worked and six adults were killed hook elementary school. today, truck loads of school supplies were moved from the elementary school to middle school 7 miles away. eventually resume for sandyalso today.a day of fun from those students at newtownarts and crafts, games. police say the investigation may take a long time. in the home they shared.then went on the r

mostly cloudy skies there. got some snow out in denver and mostly to partly cloudy. chicagoandnewyorkchilly,as well. so our afternoon highs once again we are going to see sunshine but these temperatures are not going to bump out of the mid-50s. mid-50s in oakland. 52 in san francisco. 51 out in fairfield and livermore. pretty similar to what we saw yesterday in fact. all right. here's your forecast. over the next several days, that rain makes a comeback thursday evening. and then it's sticking around things remaining unsettled friday straight into the weekend until we finally dry out christmas eve and christmas day on monday and tuesday. that's a check of your seven- day forecast. back to you guys. >> looking good. thanks. >>> reaction is expected from capitol hill this morning on a just-released report about that deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. the report says grossly inadequate security because of management failures is to blame. ambassador chris stevens of the bay area along with three other americans were killed in the attack. the report concludes there was no prot

by the tragedy as the president and as a parent. a coalition of lawmakers includingthenewyorkcitymayor has called on the president to send a bill to congress addressing gun violence. >> local churches are offering prayers for those stricken with grief. >> we will pray for the families. >> reporter: about a hundred people came together to find hope and comfort through prayer last night at the goss pell church in oakland. the pastor preempted the regular friday night service and called for people of faith to unite and stand together. >> realizing that when things happen all we have is each other. you know to hold each other up whether we are in california or concouldn't. >> children and adults stood in a circle, held hands and prayed for the families in connecticut struggling to come to terms with their grief and loss. other churches will be holding similar services this weekend. >>> still much more coverage ahead on the connecticut school shooting. you can post your sympathies by going to the ktv channel 2 facebook page where you can share your thoughts on our wall. >> caltrain service

for watching us. i'm george stephanopoulosinnewyork, havea good day. . >>> that was a lot of bells, too many bells. >>> indeed. welcome back to the abc7 morning news. 6:37 on this friday morning. we are also following a big local story. >>> that's right the weather kicking off what looks to be a three day long very wet storm. >>> good morning. light to heavy north bay nearly an inch of rain overnight in santa rosa, yellows and oranges there. let's start near st. helena back warm springs road north of glen ellen cotati old adobe to petaluma moderate rain and light to moderate towards petaluma marshal road and point reyes, also around guerneville up the highway gender fort ross moderate to heavy rain there -- there is flooding in forestville right now on 116. the rain is now getting close to the golden gate bridge, also towards richmond making that southerly push going to be here in the heart of the bay by 7:00, in the south bay by 9:00. >>> friday light at the bay bridge toll, no metering lights yet, minor delay for cash paying folks not too bad, lanes carpool lanes flowing5 nicely not e

a higher open overall for markets this morning. in spite of weak numbers on manufacturing here inthenewyorkarea. optimism might be because president obama and house speaker appear to be getting closer on fiscal cliff talks. bloomberg index is trading up. we continue to watch apple shares. they did slip below 500 early this morning in the pre-market. citigroup says apple's asian suppliers have been posting lower orders for the iphone 5. can you see see and touch but hear and taste and smell things off the devices. this is your suit of artificial intelligence has been ongoing for years. they are taking a cognitive computing more seriously these days. i'm jane king, bloomberg news. >> we have a storm, not a very cold one. >> very mild out this morning. temperatures in the 50s. that is where they are going to stay the better part of the day. steady rain in the santa cruz mountains, where the rain is falling, light rain, more impressive, we have lights shining on and three dimensional image and smashing it into two dimensional image. it looks heavier than it is and causing slickness on 35

, is in the southwestern part of the state. it's roughly 80 miles northeastofnewyorkcity.the population is about 27,500 people and encompasses will 60 square miles about the same size as carmel-by-the-sea here in california. there are four elementary schools in newtown. sandy hook where the shootings took place is a kindergarten through fourth grade school. >>> now, the children described terror as they told their parents about how they cowered in the classrooms. while their teachers locked doors and ordered them to hide. here's how some of those students and their parents explained what happened today. >> somebody yelled, get to a safe place. >> teacher pulled me into her classroom. >> reporter: inside sandy hook elementary school, children were caught in the chaos. >> teacher said had to close the blinds and had to close the blinds and had to shut off the lights and [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: outside, the first family members on the scene witnessed a horrific site. >> three children that came out, one of them was -- had a very bloody face, it was a very violent scene. they were in the arms of

intonewyork. aroundthe bay area, 50s and maybe some low 60s this afternoon in the south bay and that will be about it. and then we are going to catch a break. toward tomorrow, just a slight chance of maybe a shower or two. but really partly cloudy skies. wednesday looks dry. but a return to some stormy weather on thursday staying unsettled right into the weekend, gianna. >> it's going to be a tough weekend with all that rain. let's head over to the roadways now. 121 also known as silverado trail is completely shut down now due to an accident that may have hit a pole and took out some wires so there's lots of activity and crews on the scene trying to clean up the situation between stone crest drive and hagen road the 1800 block of sill rather is rad doe trail so give yourself some extra time to get around that area. they should have that reopened by 7:00 this morning. the rest of the bay area slick surfaces. 880 both directions looking good, somewhat windy. 15 minutes between 238 and the maze. now, the rest of the east bay nice travel times so far. altamont pass not showing a

fromnewyorktolos angeles asked for an outright ban on assault weapons. >> it's clear that gun is not for the streets. it's not for sports. it's really a gun of war. >> reporter: san francisco mayor ed lee and oakland mayor jean quan agree with the federal assault weapons ban that's already in place in california. the two cities just had their largest gun buy-back event taking 600 firearms off the streets. >> but the reality is we can buy back hundreds but if we can't stop the flow into nevada and increasingly now for the internet and other sources, this is where we really need and that's why you see the mayors across the country trying to put pressure on the federal government. >> reporter: but will public sentiment last long enough to fight strong lobbying groups like the nra? san jose mayor chuck reed weighed in. >> i think people have a right to not necessarily use assault weapons anytime anywhere they want and i think within the limits of the constitution, there are things we can do and we should. >> some may see it as a smart political move and it may turn out to be but t

in the hands of civilians. >> the founder ofanewyork- basedvideo game site called for a cease fire yesterday. the webmaster of gamer fit nation said he believes tens of thousands of player the participated. but many people said video games had nothing to do with the shootings and said it was a cease fire of using a tragedy as self-promotion. >> new jersey governor chris christie discussed the nra's proposal. >> i don't think that the solution to safety in schools is putting armed guard out -- for it to be really effective you'd have to have an armed guard outside of every classroom. >> classroom. >> the governor said that would negatively impact the schools learning environment. he favored an approach including gun control. >>> the first lady joined president obama for his weekly message. >> every year we commit to love one another, to give of ourselves, to be our brother's keeper, to be our sister's keeper. but those ideas are not just part of our faith. they're part of all faiths. and they unite us as americans. >> in this country we take care of each other and in the season of

little jack pinto. little buddy wrestler. he was anavidnewyorkgiantsfan. in fact, he was buried in a giant jersey. >> new town is forever changed. we came today as 18. that is a we are. >> most new town students will return to school this morning. >> students of sandy hook elementary will not. >> trucks filled with school materials headed to a neighboring town for a neighboring middle school. >> with the children come in the wall to the classroom that is as close as possible to the one they left. >> there is no official date when sandy hook will resume. i am natish lance reporting. >> the national largest gun rights group the national rifle association has gone silent. >> the groups face book page has disappeared and it is not sent a message on twitter since the extent of the connecticut shooting became clear. >> the nra leaders have approached on sunday talk shows. >> during past crew best- crisis since the group defended the rights of gun owners. but in cases, one political strategist says the nra's approach is possibly that-probably wise given the emotions involved. >> meanwh

in u.s. history in newtown, a middle class community 60 miles outsideofnewyorkstiwehavenewinformationon the gunman in this shool shooting. >> yes. we're getting a first look at the gunman tonight. we sponsible for the connecticut school massacre this, is adam lanz yachl the 20-year-old police say gunned down 26 people teed in an elementary school in newtown before killing himself. 20 of the victims were children. police say weapons were purchased legally registered to his mother, nancy killed at her home in newtown. we have new video of the shooter's brother, ryan lanza being detained for question in new jersey. he's under arrest. officials say he has been cooperative. police say ryan lanza has no connection to the shootings today and says he has not been in touch with his brother, adam for several years. that is the latest live in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >> not a suspect but appeared to be in handcuffs there. >> schools around the bay area doing their part to try to keep p help students, as well as parents and staff deal with the tragedy. >>. >> yes. hi. at this high s

was a big fanofnewyorkgiants'star victor cruz and yesterday during the giants' game cruz wore jack's name on his uniform in his honor. noah is the youngest victim. he had just turned 6 a couple of weeks ago. several other funerals are planned throughout the week. just moments ago, police in newtown held a press conference about the newest developments in the case. >> the plan is to try to resume normalcy for school classes tomorrow except for those members at the sandy hook school. they will be excused, of course, until further notice. >> we'll have more on the future of sandy hook, the school itself in a few minutes. police say they still have work in their investigation. right now, they are interviewing witnesses in hopes of learning more about the horrifying massacre. the shooting, as you can imagine, is affecting parents and kids all over the country, including right here in the bay area. ktvu's tara moriarty is live in san francisco with more on how students will honor the victims in newtown -- newtown, today. >> reporter: well, they plan to stand in solidarity with the studen

if he family home and left with two we are learning three guns one of them a rifle.thenewyorktimesreports he fired with chilling accuracy leaving only one wounded survivor at the school. authorities believe he then shot himself to death. abc news learned both of his parents legally owned a number of guns including a bushmaster rifle and we are just now learning through the associated press that the weapons used weren't registered to lanza's mother. a school bus driver who knew lanza said it was totally unexpected. >> they are nice kids. polite. she raised very nice boys to me. that's why i think it's a shock to even know them and realize who they are and what he did. >>> when one teacher heard gun fire she raced to herd her 15 students into a tiny bathroom. a quick thinking frantic effort to save their young lives. listen as she describes what happened. >> one of my students on top of the toilet. i knew we had to get in there and telling them it's going to be okay. you are going to be all right. i had pulled the book shelf before i closed the door in front of it. we were completel

atthenewyorkstockexchange. once tr trading started. the dow was not down 177 points. if this is due to the latest is happening in washington. the house of representatives failed to vote on a plan to stop taxes from being raised in january. is juneau the house did not take up the bill last night. >> we did not have a vote for it to pass. it is not the outcome that i wanted. the president's congress has to take action. these cuts will go into effect in 10 days. >> he stated that only god knows. we will follow the latest with the fiscal cliff and the gun control debate. we'll talk with michael is not see it coming up. yaki coming up. m@ >> you are watching the kron 4 morning news. we are taking you out to a the bay area so we can zoom in to see what is going on in your neighborhood. all of the yellow and orange indicates heavy rain from 1 012 novato. it crosses the bridge and it is coming down the east shore freeway. we have been sent heavy rain for quite awhile. heavy rain is developing in san francisco. we have seen rain for the richmond district in the sunshine is pushing his way fo

-- as young as 13. atthenewyorkstockexchange i'm jane king. >>> san francisco police working with security agents from paramount studios to recover an unreleased film stolen in a car burglary. the theft happened a month ago at a pier 39 garage a hard drive containing the film was among hundreds of items stolen. security cameras led to the arrest of suspects while items were recover, the hard drive with the film is still missing. laugh can only speculate as to what happened to -- law enforcement can only speculate as to what happened to the film. >> it is common now people create a dv d and sell it on the street with >> one source speculated the hard drive could have been told at a -- could have been sold at a street value of $30. >> that's why crime doesn't pay. >>> cooler temperatures. lots of talk, the weather is going to be changing rapidly the next 24 to 48 hours. 5:47, beautiful picture of the breezes blowing through downtown san francisco, you can see how clear it is that's the way it is going to stay over the next 24 to 36 hours. live doppler 7 hd you can see how quiet

and noal will be laid to rest. jack's first love was footballandnewyorkgiants.noah is survived but his twin sister who was at the school at the time of this senseless massacre. his family members say they have yet to tell his siblings how he passed. president obama served as comforter in chief, more than 900 mourners, packed the high school auditorium for the deeply emotional night. >> we offer you our tears and our pain, our anger and our sorrow. >> whatever portion of sadness we can share with you to ease this heavy load we will gladly bear. >> sobs were heard as he read the names of all 20 children whose lives were taken. after jack and noah are laid to rest the rest of the children will be buried later this week. next funeral is set for tomorrow for jessica raycoast. >>> by all accounts the shooter, 20-year-old adam lanza kept mostly to himself. not many people knew him well. they saw no reason to fear him before friday's killing spree. a neighbor who baby sat him said he was a quiet kid. ryan craft lives in southern california and he never saw any red flags. >> he was really quiet

don't have to travel, they are making the best of it, enjoying the snow. brandi hitt,abcnews, newyork.>>> we are keeping an eye on flight delays here. a of our airports show no delays this morning -- a check of our airports show no delays this morning. that could change as the morning goes on if you are heading to the airport check flight tracker on abc7news.com. >>> we usually get an update in the 6:00 hour mike will be checking on that. right now the latest on our weather. >>> possibility clouds while they don't have rain falling from them, could reduce visibility enough to have flight arrival delays into sfo, in about 25 minutes from now we'll know for sure. last three hours live doppler 7 hd, lack of radar returns with the cloud cover out there breezy at times especially around sfo, gusting up to 22, winds gusting to 29 half moon bay, 26 novato keeping atmosphere overturned that's why the temperatures are mild. low to upper 40s, through 7:00, increasing sunshine, high pressure takes over today and it will be dry for one day with temperatures in the 50s this afternoon, then w

officers in their schools. chuck southeast son,abcnews, newyork. >>so as the nation searches for ways to prevent mass shootings, abc this week takes on the gun debate. this morning at 8:00 the head of the nra's national school she would program, former congressman and dea administrator hutchinson defends the gun lobby's controversial proposal to make schools safer. don't miss this week with george stephanopoulos coming up at 8:00 here on abc7. >> the family of apple founder steve jobs lost the fighting over an his yacht. it is over an unpaid bill. this is what the high-tech yacht venues looks like. the designer claims the heira owes him $4 million of the $12 million fee. the yacht cost $138 million to build. >>> san francisco police are marking the sixth anniversary of the death of within of their own today. officer brian was killed as he tried to arrest a prison escapee in the sunset district. the 28-year-old was one of several officers searching for 33-year-old morlon ruff. when police went to move in, rutf opened fire, hitting tavera, who died in the hospital the next day. if you w

dolanthenewyorkarchbishopspoke at her funeral. while the memorial to the victims grow bigger each day, the investigation continues into what led to the rampage. on wednesday, investigators removed boxes from the home of shooter adam lanza as they searched for a motive. for survivors class resume after the holidays in monroe. the sandy hook building may never reopen. dan dayton attended the school as a child. >> i knew every part of that school. so it's been tarnished forever. >> reporter: school officials say the new school will be a fresh start for a community that's struggling to move on. police reveal that there were two bedrooms in the home where adam lanza shared with his mother and one of the bedrooms in the basement she kept her weapons in a locked box. he obviously got access to them. he also kept his computer games and hard drive there. police he destroyed the hard drive so they couldn't find traces of what he was thinking or doing in the hours before last friday's shooting. reporting live in newtown, connecticut, i'm randall pinkston, back to you. >> thank you. >>> peopl

in front ofthenewyorkcitysubway train. >> prosecutors said in a weakened court hearing that era come and invest pushed the man because she thought " it would be cold and also blamed the muslims for the september 11th attacks. >> friends of the victims say 46 year-old sunando sen was a hindu from india. >> thousand than two weeks after the newtown, conn. shooting rampage, adam lanza by his mclean for burial.been claimed >> that is according to the new york times. >> the paper was not able to learn from the state medical examiner who took him. on december 14th, he shot and killed 26 people, including 20 children, at sandy hook elementary school before committing suicide. >> before the massacre, he killed his mother ever home nearby. police have not give a motive for the shooting. >> will be back with kron 4 morning news coming up. >> welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. a car over the railway on the san paublod dam road. >> the driver was not injured. george has more on the crash. >> that is right mark. the accident occurring just west of bear creek road on san paolo gamba roaddam

, 77. a lot of rain and snow out in denver, 23 degrees there. chicagoandnewyorkpartlyto mostly cloudy skies. pinch point forecast a whole lot of 50s around the bay area 53 in concord. mid-50s by the afternoon in oakland. 52 in san francisco. more sunshine and things change or thursday. more clouds roll in because of the low pressure system we just showed you. things unsettled through the weekend. monday and tuesday in time for christmas, it looks like we dry out. that's a check of your weather and seven-day forecast. for more on traffic, here's gianna. >> let's enjoy these dry roads, as well. starting to see a backup at the bay bridge. no metering lights slow in the cash lanes. fastrak users though seem to be moving okay through the bay bridge. jumping to our maps right now checking our eastshore freeway commute to the bay bridge toll plaza clocking at nice speeds 6555 miles per hour westbound 80 not too bad. traffic moving nicely there at 65, 55 miles an hour. no delays approaching the bridge. trouble spot in ben lomond, highway 9 chosed at glen arbor. chp is doing traffic con

maneuvers. in an open letter to the president today, eight big city mayorsfromnewyorktolos angeles asked for an outright ban on assault weapons. >> it's clear that gun is not for the streets it's not for sports. it's really a gun of war. >> reporter: san francisco mayor ed lee and oakland mayor jean quan agree with the federal assault weapons ban that's already in place in california. the two cities just had their largest gun buy-back event taking 600 firearms off the streets. >> the reality is we can buy back hundreds but if we can't stop the flow into nevada and increasingly now for the internet and other sources, this is where we really need and that's why i think you see the mayors across the country trying to put pressure on the federal government. >> reporter: but will public sentiment last long enough to fight strong lobbying groups line the nra? san jose mayor chuck reed weighed in. >> i think people have a right to not necessarily use assault weapons anytime anywhere they want. and i think within the limits of the constitution, there are things we can do and we should. >>

innewyorkwiththe hotel made who accused him of trying to rape her back in may of 2011. >>> the white house threatening a president veto of john boehner's plan b for averting thefully. the white house says it's time for the republicans to stop political posturing. he says this plan is a fallback just in case he and president obama cannot get a deal done by the end of the month. boner's plan would raise income tax rates for those people making more than a million a year and keep them the same for everybody else. president obama wants tax raise to rise on incomes of more than $400 -- $400,000. >>> there was a very minor timing issue when a soyuz spacecraft lifted off from kazakhstan a few hours ago this morning. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and lift-off! >> did you catch that speed up there, tori? >> yes. >> 3, 2, 1! >> the timing of the english countdown. it won't affect the timing of the rest of the mission. tom marshburn and his russian and canadian crew mates will still need two days to reach the international space station. they are expected to spend about five months on board conducting a var

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